Legionnaire11
Registered User
Yeah it irritates me when people think local radio not talking about the Preds is some slight to the fans of Nashville. It's an American thing, not a Preds thing. The only market I can even conceive talking about hockey a decent amount is Minnesota. I mean it's Vikings country but it's also the "State of Hockey". I know for a fact that even though the Kings have won 2 Cups in 5 years, LA sports radio doesn't talk a lick of Kings hockey. I bet we actually talk more hockey than a decent amount of NHL markets even if it's very little.
Tampa actually had quite a bit of hockey talk on, but that also comes with a team going very deep two years in a row, and Phil Esposito hosting a show and everyone there is from NYC, Philly, Boston, Chicago or Canada...
But really I dont mind much that hockey doesnt get a lot of talk on the radio or newscast, at least from a personal point of view I never gain anything worthwhile when they do talk hockey. Most regular posters here could put together better hockey segments than they have anyway. The only benefit to more air time is drawing in even more casual fans, and at this point that's really not going to happen until the team brings home some hardware.